Latest Tune Hotel Opens in Kota Damansara, M’sia

Tune Group Press Release Jun 3rd, 2010 .

9th hotel in only 3 years; making Tune Hotels.com fastest growing chain

KUALA LUMPUR – In response to the ever-increasing demand for reasonably-priced hotel rooms by leisure and business travelers, pioneering limited service hotel chain Tune Hotels.com has opened its latest hotel at Kota Damansara township in Petaling Jaya near here, complementing its existing hotels in the Klang Valley at Downtown KL and KLIA – LCCT Airport.

The opening came just two weeks after Tune Hotel Danga Bay in Johor Bahru, Johor commenced operations on 15 May 2010. Tune Hotel Kota Damansara is the 9th to open since it first launched in 2007, making Tune Hotels.com one of the fastest growing hotel chains.

Occupying two floors of the Main Tower of Sunsuria Avenue in Kota Damansara, all 121 rooms at the hotel are equipped with 32” LCD television sets as well as its signature high-quality basics of 5-star beds and hot power showers.

Tune Hotels.com Group CEO, Mark Lankester said: “This is our commitment to the tourism and hospitality industries. We want to be a relevant player both domestically and internationally. Affordable accommodation offered by Tune Hotels not only spurs domestic and local travel but also attracts foreign tourists who have contributed significantly to the economy.”

Under its global expansion plan, Tune Hotels.com has forged strategic partnerships with Apodis Hospitality Group for 20 hotels in India by 2012; Bangkok-based Evolution Capital PCL for 44 hotels across Thailand, China, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Indonesia; and the UK-based Queensway Group Limited for 15 hotels in Greater London. More recently, Tune Hotels.com formed a 50-50 joint venture with Singaporean-based Plato Capital Limited to have 10 operational assets in South East Asia, Australia and the UK by 2013. Including its homegrown development in Malaysia, Tune Hotels.com targets to have 100 operational hotels worldwide by 2012.

Further commenting on the new hotel, Lankester said: “Kota Damansara in Petaling Jaya is one of Klang Valley’s fastest developed new townships with lots of attractions and huge potentials. Our hotel here is strategically located to serve not only Kota Damansara but also the surrounding areas like Damansara Perdana, Mutiara Damansara, Damansara Utama, Bandar Utama and even up to Sungai Buloh, Kepong and Subang. It serves as a satellite to our prime hotels in Downtown KL and KLIA-LCCT Airport that are consistently enjoying high occupancy. With easy access by bus and taxi, and surrounded by business, shopping, entertainment and education establishments, the hotel is ideal for both work and play. Guests will also be able take advantage of its location being in the vicinity of Subang Skypark (Terminal 3).”

“We are offering guests the opportunity to discover the vibrant environment and endless exciting activities in Kota Damansara and its surrounding. We have received a lot of queries on our Facebook Fan page and we are very excited with the interest shown. Our pay-as-you-use model will allow travellers to save their money in accommodation, conserve the environment and be able to spend it in the local areas, be it shopping, eating and the like, driving up the local economy.”

“The addition of the 32”flat-screen TV’s is new to Tune Hotels and is in direct response to comments from our guests. Starting with Tune Hotel Kota Damansara and Tune Hotel Danga Bay, Johor Bahru, we are also installing TV entertainment in all our existing hotels in stages.”

Tune Hotel Kota Damansara is jointly developed and operated by Tune Hotels.com and Easywell Sdn Bhd.

There are currently seven Tune Hotels in Malaysia and two in Bali, Indonesia, while its first hotel in London is set to open at Westminster in August 2010. Existing Tune Hotels are located in Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu (Sabah), Kuching (Sarawak), KLIA-LCCT (Selangor), George Town (Penang), Danga Bay (Johor) and Kota Damansara (Selangor) in Malaysia; Kuta (Bali) and Double Six, Legian (Bali) in Indonesia.

For more information and bookings, please visit www.tunehotels.com or call the Tune Hotels.com Call Centre +6 (03) 7962 5888, Monday- Friday 9:00am -9:00pm (excluding public holidays).

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